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Active ingestion of fluorescently labeled bacteria by mesopelagic heterotrophic nanoflagellates in the East Sea, Korea

2000; Inter-Research; Volume: 206; Linguagem: Inglês

10.3354/meps206023

1616-1599

BC Cho, S Na, DH Choi,

Marine and coastal plant biology

MEPS Marine Ecology Progress Series Contact the journal Facebook Twitter RSS Mailing List Subscribe to our mailing list via Mailchimp HomeLatest VolumeAbout the JournalEditorsTheme Sections MEPS 206:23-32 (2000) - doi:10.3354/meps206023 Active ingestion of fluorescently labeled bacteria by mesopelagic heterotrophic nanoflagellates in the East Sea, Korea Byung Cheol Cho*, Sang Cheol Na, Dong Han Choi School of Earth and Environmental Sciences and Research Institute of Oceanography, Seoul National University, Shin-lim Dong, Kwan-ak Gu, Seoul 151-742, Republic of Korea *E-mail: bccho@plaza.snu.ac.kr ABSTRACT: To determine whether heterotrophic nanoflagellates (HNF) in the mesopelagial actively ingest bacteria and whether HNF grazing rates comprise a significant fraction of the mesopelagic bacterial production, we measured uptake rates of fluorescently labeled bacteria (FLB) by mesopelagic HNF and bacterial production in the East Sea, 5 times from April 1996 to September 1997. Although bacterial abundance and production were much lower in the mesopelagic than in the epipelagic zone, HNF clearance rates and volume-specific HNF clearance rates in both layers were usually within the same range, 1 to 11 nl HNF-1 h-1 and 0.1 to 1 × 106 h-1, respectively. Two samples in the mesopelagial showed somewhat increased clearance rates (14 to 16 nl HNF-1 h-1) and volume-specific HNF clearance rates (up to 2.6 x 106 h-1). Fractions of actively grazing HNF were not statistically different in the 2 layers (epipelagial: 33 to 98%, mesopelagial: 22 to 79%) in most cruises. HNF grazing rates in the mesopelagial (0.1 to 1.1 × 106 cells l-1 h-1) were either major fractions of or often greater than bacterial production, suggesting that HNF grazing on bacteria was the major fate of mesopelagic bacterial production at the study site. KEY WORDS: Heterotrophic nanoflagellates · Grazing · FLB · Mesopelagic zone · The East Sea Full text in pdf format PreviousNextExport citation RSS - Facebook - Tweet - linkedIn Cited by Published in MEPS Vol. 206. Online publication date: November 03, 2000 Print ISSN: 0171-8630; Online ISSN: 1616-1599 Copyright © 2000 Inter-Research.